The intellectual hemisphere is an exclusively male domain where females are strictly prohibited, or so thought those who branded author Ashapurna Devi a ‘kitchen writer,’ who tried every possible way to downplay the importance of her writing. But someone of her stature never bothered to
It was in April 2012, when I first felt I must unearth the lost story of Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo Hybridization Program. I had a discussion with a colleague of mine on whether hybrid animals could be fertile. Whilst my colleague stolidly maintained that all hybrids
After the success of Kanyashree and Sabuj Sathi, the West Bengal government has come up with another innovative project called Bangla Gramin Abas Yojna, that is set to touch the lives of around five lakh people living in rural Bengal. The project will be officially
Sheeter Roddur: An art exhibition with a difference, where the winter sun plays along the canvas of three well-known artists of Bengal. Inaugurated at Academy of Fine Arts, on 2nd January, this exhibition features artists Nirmalendu Mandal, Manoj Pal and Swapan Chatterjee. The trio brings
Asha Bhatia is an Indian journalist, who has worked in Dubai for over three decades. She paints an interesting modern picture of life and times in Dubai in her recently published book “Life in the Twinkle of an Eye – Dubai: A Hundred Years in
The Broken Home and Other Stories is a lovely compilation of two novellas and six short stories of none other than Rabindranath Tagore. Attempting to translate Tagore has been done down generations, but it is definitely one of the most difficult tasks to translate emotions
A film festival and photo exhibition with a difference is starting today in Kolkata marking the Bangladesh Vijay Diwas or the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. It will continue till January 8 and will be hosted by Bangladesh’s ministry of information. Among the various films that
Here is some incredibly inspiring news from Kolkata! Two class XI students of a Kolkata school have won accolades for a research that could lead to an innovative and cost-effective way of treating cancer! Shuvayu Das Gupta and Syed Roshan Ali, classmates at La Martiniere
Bengal for a long time had been free from Mughal rule, thanks to its geo-political location and also some extremely valiant local kings who resisted any Mughal march.But it was not for long. Mughal emperor Jahangir sent his trusted general Raja Mansingh to subdue Pratapaditya,
